Harvard, Cornell, University of Michigan.

A comparison of the interesting Harvard statistics which appeared in the CRIMSON a few days ago with those of the other large colleges of the country cannot fail to be gratifying to Harvard men. It is satisfactory to know that all the colleges are growing, and very pleasant to think that Harvard is growing fastest of all. For instance, the University of Michigan outstripped us last year in numbers, having 2,420 students to our 2,252. This year Harvard has 2.613 students, the University of Michigan 2,495. We have gained 361; they have gained 75. An increase of 50 in their Dental school leaves a very small gain in the undergraduate department. Michigan's tremendous law school shows a slight increase, while the two Medical schools, taken together, come out even. Following are the figures for Michigan in 1890-91 and in 1891-92, with the gain of this year:

1890 91. 1891-92. gn.

College, 1170 1187 17

Medical School, 375 371 *4

Law School, 581 597 16

School of Pharmacy, 71 83 *8

Homeopathic Med. Sch., 71 75 4

Dental School, 132 182 50

*Loss. -- -- --

2420 2495 75

Harvard's gain, it will be remembered, is largely in the graduate departments. Apparently the graduates of the western colleges, except those who were to be dentists, are coming east to complete their education.

Cornell has gained largely this year, but not as largely as Harvard. To the 1,271 students of last year she has added 220, making a total of 1491 for 1891-92. This increase has been mainly in the graduate school, and in the schools of electrical engineering and architecture. The graduate school has grown from 45 to 126, an enormous gain of 87. Cornell is thus following Harvard in the attention paid to resident graduates. The gain in the arts departments is comparatively insignificant.

The figures for Yale are not at hand, and have not, so far as known, been published in tabulated form. Columbia has 1600 students, but the number for last year we do not know.